Turn shoe



May 28, 1929. P, D, NU ENT 1,714,691

TURN SHOE Filed Aug. 25, 1927 2' Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

ATITORNEY May 28, 1929. p, NUGENT 1,714,691

I TURN SHOE I Filed Aug. 25, 192.7 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TOR.

I BY ATTORNEY turn shoes the sole is Patented May 28, 1929..

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PETER. 1). NUGENT, or RICHMOND HILL, NEW YORK.

TURN SHOE.

Application filed August 25, 1927.

My invention relates to turn shoes; its objects are to improve the construction and attachment of the counter to the heel portion of the upper of the shoe, to utilize methods of lasting heretofore employed for lasting welt and McKay shoes, to dispense with the sewing and turning of the heel portion of the shoe, to employ a counter of greater strength and resiliency than heretofore used for turn shoes, to cheapen the cost of production, and to improve and render more elfective the assembly of the several parts.

My invention primarily consists in first attaching and turning in the usual way the toe and sole of a turn shoe, the heel portion of said sole being split back about as far as the shank, then inserting the counter within said split, and in lasting such heel portion in a manner similar to welt shoes, and thereafter finishing the shoe.

My invention further consists in the various modifications and improvements illustrated in the drawing and hereinafter described and claimed.

In the ordinary process of manufacturing sewed to the upper by a welt sewing machine, adapted for the pur pose by the removal of an attachment. The seam of stitches is carried around the entire edge of the sole including the heel, after which the upper is turned inside out, the heel attached and the manufacture of the shOe completed. By reason of this turning of the shoe upper the counter must necessarily be fixed. For this reason it has been found impossible in the manufacture.

of turn shoes to employ a counter of the rigidity and resiliency employed in the making of u elt and McKay shoes except where the still'cning has been inserted in the pocket of the counter after the shoe has been lasted and turned,-a most unsatisfactory proceeding in that the appearance of the heel is impaired and its saleability affected accordingly. In my improved shoe, however, I am able to combine in an effective manner the advantages of the counter of a McKay or welt shoe with those of the toe of a particular turn shoe.

Attention is hereby directed to the drawing in which similar numerals of designation refer to similar parts throughout the several views. Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the under part of my improved sole showing the flap; Fig. 2 is an enlarged Serial No. 215,306.

nailed down; Fig. 6 is a view in perspective showing the flap attached to the shoe, and Fig. 7 is a view in elevation of my complete shoe.

Referring to the drawing in which, for

the purpose of illustrating a preferred form 7 of my Invention, I have shown what is commonly known as a boudoir slipper, the heel portion of the sole 8 is split back preferably as far as the'shank to form the flap 9. As shown in Fig. 2 the flap 9 is cut away in such a manner as not to interfere with the usual channels and configuration of the sole. Preferably the toe portion or vamp 10 is made separate from the heel portion or counter 12, so that the upper is in two distinct parts, each attached to the sole. 7

In forming my improved shoe the separate toe portion 10 is lasted and sewed to the toe portion manner. The separate heel portion 12, however, of the upper is left unattached while the toe upper is being bottomed. After this step has been accomplished the counter 12, formed of the pocket reinforcement 14:,is lasted and attached to the heel portion 11 of the sole in the manner shown, such attachment being preferably effected by the usual methods employed in lasting heels of welt or as will be observed, the toe portion 10 of the upper is lasted and attached to the sole by the usual turn process while the counter is lasted and attached to the heel portion of the shoe by the usual welt ess and is not sewed thereto. After the attachment of the toe and heel portions as above described, the flap 9 is secured, preferably by cement, to the lower edges of the counter of which is separately portion of the upper and adjacent part of 105 the sole, forming a smooth surface. The heel 13 is then nalled thereon and the shoe finished in accordance with the usual proc esses.

While I have shown my invention as ap- 110 plied to a particular form of turn shoe. it is to be understood that various changes and lasted and stitched thereto; 60

of, the sole 8 in the usual 18 and the stiifening or McKay shoes. Thus,

or McKay procmodifications may be made without departing from the spirit or purpose of my invention.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a ;turn shoe, the combination of a sole said sole having a flap split from the heel portion thereof, an upper made in two separate parts, one of Which is secured to the toe portlon of said soleby the turn process, and the other of which is secured to the heel portion of said sole, the said flap being laid back upon and attached to said heel portion of the upper and sole after the same has been so secured.

2. A method of making turn shoes consisting in splitting the heel portion of the sole to form a flap, then attaching a separate toe portion of the upper to the adjacent toe portion of said sole and turning the same,

upper-to the heel portion of said sole above the flap and thereafter attaching the said fllzlip to said heel portion and finishing the s 0e.

3. A method of making turn shoes consisting in splitting the heel of the sole of the shoe back about as far as the shank to form a flap, then attaching a separate toe upper portion to the toe of said sole by the turn process, then attaching a separate heel portion of the upper to the heel portion of the sole above the flap by nailing and thereupon securing the flap to said heel portion and finishing the shoe.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 23rd day of August, 1927.

PETER D. NUGENT.

20 then securing a separate heel portion of the 

